* Jayny's Blog *: Shanghai Trip 18/9-24/9 ( Day 0

Finally finish editing all my shanghai photos. =.=

Went to Shanghai with 4 of my friends for the 2010 Shanghai Expo.

Well we're supposed to get RM1000 from UTM as part of the programme but somehow we should never put any high hopes on their stupid management..

so We end up joining this 'one youth' tour group instead.

Paid RM2600++ i think

and off we go...

To be frank I'm not super excited.

because it's only 6 days.

and the programme doesn't look that exciting ( helooo where's shopping? )

It's my 1st time joining tour and i swear no more tour after this.

I hate to be bound by tight schedules!

4 of us

KLIA

busy sms-ing n fb-ing

ready to go!

But I kinda get more n more excited when we checked in... =)

Afterall it's my first time going oversea. ( well, Singapore doesn't count right? )

in the plane! free blanket and pillow!

5 looooooooong hours in the plane.

Thank god it's MAS!

which means free fooood, pillow and blanket. ahh... =)

but too bad my tummy feel strange before i start eating...

so there goes my food...to chin keng's stomach. =.=


wasted. sigh.

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~Day 1~

Reached Shanghai early in the morning!

Pudong Airport

And got on the bus..

There are around 80 plus people joining this tour and so we are separated into 2 buses.

The young and the old =p

Our very cheerful tour guide

It's freaking hot.

The weather forecast cheat people one.

We all assume the weather will be cool, around 24 or 25 celcius

and well...it's 30+ celcius for that few days. Great. =(

i love this building facade. =)

super awesome ringroad !

the aerial view of it taken from internet to show u what i mean. =)

Our first destination is 城隍庙 ( Cheng Huang Temple ).

(I must confess i don't really remember the name of the places =.= that's the result of not doing any study on the places we visit before going)

We're given like 45minutes only which is not enough AT ALL.
we cant even get to queue up long enough to buy shanghai's famous xiao long bao and meat mooncake T____T ( It's almost mid-autumn festival )


people mountain people sea..

aiming for shanghai's famous meat mooncake and Xiao long bao

Having not enough time left, we simply pick a place to eat...
and it ends up that the first food we consumed in Shanghai is the WORST food we ever had.

Can't even pass for second bite.

ewww

Nothing is edible!
and we didn't even get to buy the meat mooncake T__T

Hopped on the bus and went straight to HangZhou ( 杭州 )..
and guess who i saw? =P

jay! hehe

Reached Hangzhou in the afternoon..
we can't check in to the hotel until evening =(
Hangzhou is a very laidback place. a lot better that shanghai.

They brought us to West Lake ( 西湖 ) for a short boat tour..

bicycles for rent everywhere

urghh everywhere we go there bound to be lots of people

Willow tree is loveeeeee

lotus...lots and lots of them!

scenic view of the lake

The tour guide explained a lot of Xi Hu's history to us..and also some love stories..
which I forget all already =P
I wasn't really listening. =X

The boat send us over to this park..

pretty ^^

too bad it's not jo beside me =p

yea, he scare people don't know he is from KL. =p

black jagung! but a bit geli because it feels a bit gooey when u chew on it.

lavender!!!!!!!!!!! =D

and oh I super love maple tree's trunk! =D it has watercolor effect!

maple leaves!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D

nice place to take graduation photos. heh

Next, we went up the hill to Cheng Huang Pavilion ( 吴山城隍阁 )

tian mi mi..

and im alone T_T

will u marry me? =p


best pose of year 2010

They let us try Xi Hu's special product - Lotus Root Starch (藕粉)

Which taste like the 'glue' paste we used to make when we are kids, with slight sweet taste.

'savoring' lotus root starch

well, nothing special to be frank

They have gallery too...

awesome model..iso 3D.

checking people's wish

Tiong Ning Ning?

Went for dinner, and off to visit Xing Tian Ti (新天地)
Nice place for a cup of coffee..

subway in chinese = sai bai wei. ( shit got hundred of flavor? ) hahaha

Checked in to our hotel finally after that.
gosh i hate not being able to check in hotel the first thing when reach Shanghai.
Very tiring!

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~Day 2~

Last day in HangZhou.
The breakfast is super yucky.
Even the coffee looks like watercolor. =.=

please, i just want something normal...

Museum time... B-O-R-I-N-G

overview of West Lake

The most interesting thing in the museum is the shadows..oh well

There's another garden beside the museum...

nice

symetrical

our bus

special land for motorcyclist

Next, we went to visit another Xi Hu's special product - Long Jing Tea (龙井茶)
yes i know, so boring right..
I'd rather go to cameron highland.


explaining how the sifu 'cook' the tea leaves

Then they bring us to a room and have an expert teaching us how to differentiate the tea leaves.

They have 3 grades, basically the 'son', 'father' and 'grandpa'.

He boast that only china got the 'son' grade, which is the freshest, greenest one whereas the one we have are either father or grandpa grade already.

Funny man that resembles crayon shin chan

'son' grade tea.

Well, he claimed that it is so good bla bla bla...and so those aunty uncle of course think that it's a good deal to be able to buy 'son' grade tea here.
And poor students like us can only yawn and buy a packet of green tea sweets, which i think is a lot safer.
Who knows they might just mix random green leaves into the so called super AA grade long jing tea packet. *shrug

Had beer served for all our lunch and dinner as it is so damn cheap..

that's ck's hamsap friends at the back hahaha gosh i miss them. so funny!

After lunch we had another loooong journey back to shanghai.
We left the tour to join Jimmy's friend who is working at shanghai expo.

And helo baby, this is what we call Shanghai!